[Rhodes22-list] Head sail repair and broken stay

[stan]

Mike, sorry you didn't make it here.  Sending the stay is no problem, 
sizing it close enough could be.  Two suggestions: We send one and if it 
is beyond the leeway provided by the top adjusting fitting we do another 
per your telling us it should be plus or minus X inches.  Or ship us 
your damaged one to duplicate.  I am good with either way.

Tell or retell me about the sail,

Half my problem is everyone thinks I am still 92 instead or 94. The 
other half is that with my brother gone and now my bride of 70 years, 
for the moment this is now a one manager operation.

stan


On 1/22/20 12:20 PM, Mike Riter wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Stan. I am back in the sunny (and cold!) south. If you
> would be so kind as to send the new stay to me at the shop. The address
> there is 800 Homestead Rd, Danielsville, GA 30633. The broken stay is the
> on the starboard side and runs through the shroud to the top of the mast.
>
> If you could let me know when it ships I would appreciate it. That way I
> can be sure that someone here is looking for it.
>
> What did you want to do about the head sail?
>
> Michael Riter
> President, Trail Design Specialists, Inc.
> Lead Instructor, Trail Master and mechanized training
> mike at traildesign.com
> 678-410-8021
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 5:04 PM stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Thanks for liking your Rhodes.
>>
>> I have not seen the several emails you refer to.  Were they sent to:
>>       stan at generalboats.com  (stan at rhodes22.com is long since not
>> received.)
>>
>> I do recall getting an early email from you re some non-pressing issue
>> which I responded to asking you to stop by the plant on your way back
>> from WI to GA but I do not recall ever getting your response to that
>> suggestion.  If you are now back in GA we can ship you a new stay with
>> guidance on installation should you need that.  As a default member of
>> our new Rhodes Owners Cooperative (ROC) the stay is a free replacement.
>> Since our emails have been running afoul, in case you missed it, we have
>> a third web site dedicated to Rhodes Parts and Services
>> www.rhodes22parts.com Since, by its very nature, this site will never
>> cease being under construction, it is kept published for whatever value
>> it can provide to the ROC community while under perpetual building.
>> When you get a chance, visit it and join the Rhodies criticisms,
>> productive or otherwise.
>>
>> There are a few additional sites coming, covering other ROC members'
>> future benefits.  Will keep you posted.  In the meantime, should you run
>> across any he, she or they, that you may think may have an interest, I
>> am still looking for partnering for GB's second 60 years, now that we
>> have all this experience.
>>
>> stan
>>
>> On 1/21/20 11:21 AM, Mike Riter wrote:
>>> I have a recycled R22 that I bought from GB in July of 2018. It's a great
>>> boat and I'm super excited to own it. My wife and I along with our golden
>>> retriever have had some great adventures in it.
>>>
>>> The head sail (genoa) failed last April while on a sail. I was able to
>> jury
>>> rig it and get back but it turned out to be a temporary fix. A short time
>>> later one of the stays popped several strands and is hanging on by only
>> one
>>> or two. I contacted Stan about the problems and he replied that they
>> would
>>> take care of it. I was out of town for work at the time and let him know
>> I
>>> would get in touch as soon as I was back. Well, I've now been trying to
>>> contact him frequently for a few months now and am not getting any
>>> response.
>>>
>>> Stan I see you post on here regularly and knowing you have problems with
>>> your email sometimes, I'm hoping you will see this and we can get the
>>> issues resolved.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to getting back on the water!
>>>
>>> Michael Riter
>>> SV EmmaB
>>> Danielsville, GA
>>> mike at traildesign.com
>>> 678-410-8021
>>>
>>